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The chairman of the supervisory board of the world's largest auto supplier Bosch, Franz Fehrenbach, accuses the political decision-makers in Europe for an inadequately justified preference for electric vehicles when it comes to car drives.
It is measured “to the detriment of the internal combustion engine with double standards - and to the detriment of the climate.
In contrast, the German industry should actually go to the barricades, "said Fehrenbach the" Stuttgarter Nachrichten "on Wednesday.
Everyone knows that even electric cars in the German and European electricity mix - contrary to what is often claimed - are not climate-neutral.
"Nevertheless, they are treated as zero-CO2 vehicles because the legislature hides the energy balance for generating the charging current." In addition, the battery cells, for the production of which a lot of electricity is required, mainly come from the Asian region, "where the electricity is still available a very high proportion from coal-fired power plants ”.
All of these emissions would be eliminated in the information on CO2 consumption of electric vehicles.
Basically nothing speaks against electromobility, but the market readiness for electric vehicles is “simply not yet given”.
That starts with the charging infrastructure, which still leaves something to be desired.
"If we really wanted to have a million charging points by 2030, we would have to install 2,000 new ones every week," said Fehrenbach.
"In fact, there are currently 200 - and we're talking about Germany."
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Fehrenbach was chairman of the Bosch board of management for a long time before moving to the supervisory board in 2012.
Bosch has around 400,000 employees worldwide.
The group recently announced job cuts at various locations - especially where there is a high level of dependence on the combustion engine.
According to information from mid-2019, around 50,000 jobs at the company depend on diesel alone, which has come under fire because of its comparatively high level of pollutant emissions.